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CLEAN SHEET AT BONHAMS
26 September 2014
Catégorie : MARKET
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The contents of Count and Countess Martignone's two
Italian propertieswas 100% sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street on September 24
2014 in what the auction industry calls a 'white glove sale'.
Over 500 items of old master paintings, fine furniture,
sculpture, silver, ceramics and works of art were sold in a marathon all day
sale at Bonhams headquarters on Bond Street. The auction doubled its estimated
total to realise over £2.4million..
The star of the sale was an oil on canvas portrait of
a lady in a white and gold dress holding a garland of flowers, by Georg
Christoph Grooth, sold for £ 134,500 -ten times the estimate- in favour of an online
bidder.
.An arresting patinated bronze sculpture representing The Divine Comedy was the second highest
lot in the sale. The sculpture, which stands almost six feet in height and is
signed and dated to the base Eugenio Bellotto,1924, sold to an overseas
telephone bidder for an almighty £96,100 against its £5,000-8,000 estimates.
A large carved white marble fountain depicting a pair
of rearing hippocampi which flank a figure of Venus seated on a scallop
shellrealised 80,500 -over ten times its
estimate- while a fine French late 19th century commode in the manner of
Charles Cressent with a marble top and is elaborately decorated with gilt
leaves, cherubs, swinging monkeys and tight rope walking dogs sold for £47,500.
An exquisite Old Master oil on canvas painting of
blossoming flowers with putti (cherubs) and fruit, painted in 1694by Franz
Werner von Tamm (Hamburg 1658-1724 Vienna) sold for £45,000.
Count and Countess Martignone, a noble family from the
Como area of Italy whose lineage can be traced back to the 13th century, were
known for their legendary parties. Leading figures of Italian society, from
prime ministers and politicians to popes and even the last King of Italy
revelled late into the summer's nights at the Martignone residence in the
Italian Riviera, overlooking the Ligurian Sea.
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The contents of Count and Countess Martignone's two
Italian propertieswas 100% sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street on September 24
2014 in what the auction industry calls a 'white glove sale'.
Over 500 items of old master paintings, fine furniture,
sculpture, silver, ceramics and works of art were sold in a marathon all day
sale at Bonhams headquarters on Bond Street. The auction doubled its estimated
total to realise over £2.4million..
The star of the sale was an oil on canvas portrait of
a lady in a white and gold dress holding a garland of flowers, by Georg
Christoph Grooth, sold for £ 134,500 -ten times the estimate- in favour of an online
bidder.
.An arresting patinated bronze sculpture representing The Divine Comedy was the second highest
lot in the sale. The sculpture, which stands almost six feet in height and is
signed and dated to the base Eugenio Bellotto,1924, sold to an overseas
telephone bidder for an almighty £96,100 against its £5,000-8,000 estimates.
A large carved white marble fountain depicting a pair
of rearing hippocampi which flank a figure of Venus seated on a scallop
shellrealised 80,500 -over ten times its
estimate- while a fine French late 19th century commode in the manner of
Charles Cressent with a marble top and is elaborately decorated with gilt
leaves, cherubs, swinging monkeys and tight rope walking dogs sold for £47,500.
An exquisite Old Master oil on canvas painting of
blossoming flowers with putti (cherubs) and fruit, painted in 1694by Franz
Werner von Tamm (Hamburg 1658-1724 Vienna) sold for £45,000.
Count and Countess Martignone, a noble family from the
Como area of Italy whose lineage can be traced back to the 13th century, were
known for their legendary parties. Leading figures of Italian society, from
prime ministers and politicians to popes and even the last King of Italy
revelled late into the summer's nights at the Martignone residence in the
Italian Riviera, overlooking the Ligurian Sea.
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